Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Central Fire Protection District
Kerman, CA · Fresno County. North Central Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 79 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 79
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Central Fire Protection District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- vs. California average
- 5
- stations
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
North Central Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Kerman, CA (Fresno County), with 5 stations and 79 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,527 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,527 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #103 of 721
- 6.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Fresno County
North Central Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
79 Top 7% higher than 93% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 10040 · North Central Fire Protection District, CA 79 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 79
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,527
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Murray County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Murray County Fire Department, GA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA department.
- North Central Fir… (this dept) 79
- High Rock Community Fi…, MO 79
- Near Murray County, GA 79
- Near Moody Air Force B…, GA 79
- Near Storey County, NV 79
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Kerman, CA
- County
- Fresno County
- FDID
- 10040
Staffing vs the California average
How North Central Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #103 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
North Central Fire Protection District is 6.4% of Fresno County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,236 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 74% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 79 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Murray County Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 79 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.